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Wait Wut

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16. Ditto with heart topped 'i'!!!
Fri Oct 4, 2013, 02:55 PM
Oct 2013

I hate pink.

And, whenever I talk about this, someone will inevitably become offended. I apologize in advance. I'm sick of breast cancer awareness. I'm not unsympathetic. I'm just wondering why we can't get the same attention for sick, abused, neglected, starving, undereducated, homeless, orphaned, 'unadoptable', etc...children.

Children can't speak for themselves. I've been close to three women that have had breast cancer. Trust me, they're pretty damned vocal. Two of them work together to organize benefits, walks, etc. That's awesome. Two good friends of mine and I have tried to do the same thing for abused/neglected children. Damn near ZERO response. Someone else's kid, someone else's problem. Kid's don't make enough money, can't vote, hell...they barely have rights.

Sorry for the rant. It just drives me nuts. And, again, I honestly don't mean to offend anyone that has been affected personally by breast cancer. That's honestly not my intent.

Bwahahaha! nt ZombieHorde Oct 2013 #1
I missed the gloves and the casts. Pink. Bertha Venation Oct 2013 #2
Why do you hate breast cancer awareness?! bigwillq Oct 2013 #3
hahahaha Bertha Venation Oct 2013 #5
WHO?!?!? WHO DOESN'T WANT TO WEAR THE RIBBON?!?!?!?!!? Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2013 #11
You know what's really pipi_k Oct 2013 #4
Pink is infantilizing alarimer Oct 2013 #6
Never cared pipi_k Oct 2013 #8
Do you wear purple with a red hat Bertha Venation Oct 2013 #9
February is heart disease awareness month. HappyMe Oct 2013 #10
I don't really care. alarimer Oct 2013 #13
I stopped giving money to Komen long ago. HappyMe Oct 2013 #14
The place I had lunch today had pink tortilla chips OriginalGeek Oct 2013 #7
Susan G. Komen permanently fucked up this whole pink thing. Iggo Oct 2013 #12
Of course I am all for developing treatments and cures for all types of cancer. Jenoch Oct 2013 #15
Yes, like little pink hand guns antiquie Oct 2013 #19
I would bet that those Lady Smith's with the pink grips Jenoch Oct 2013 #20
Sorry, I appear to have conflated these two stories antiquie Oct 2013 #22
I was not aware of those two guns. Jenoch Oct 2013 #23
Ditto with heart topped 'i'!!! Wait Wut Oct 2013 #16
"Kid's don't make enough money, can't vote, hell...they barely have rights." Bertha Venation Oct 2013 #17
I fear you've got a case of Marykayitis LiberalEsto Oct 2013 #18
I will say this, I'm glad the NFL does not bring in the Brazillion mascot Jenoch Oct 2013 #21
Horrid. Unsee! antiquie Oct 2013 #24
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